Author: ELVIUS, PEHR the elder (preses) / BACKMARK [BÄCKMARK], PETRUS (resp.):
Title: Disputatio gradualis de Taprobana (Ceylon). Uppsala, Werner, 1713.
Description: . Small 8vo. Pp. (ii), 32, (2). Text in Latin. Later (early 20th century) half calf, flat spine decorated and lettered in gilt (by G. Hedberg). A rare Swedish dissertation about Ceylon or Taprobana as it was called earlier. The name Taprobana became known in Europe through Ptolemy's "Geographia" but was sometimes confused with Sumatra on the early maps.

Keywords: South Asia, Ceylon, sri lanka, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, exploration,


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